The Gallatin Raptors will take on the Billings Senior Broncs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Gallatin will be strutting in after a victory while Billings Senior will be coming in after a defeat.
Gallatin is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Montana's top teams: Sentinel, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Gallatin was ranked fifth). Gallatin put the hurt on Sentinel with a sharp 35-13 win on Friday. 35 seems to be a good number for the Raptors as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
A big part of the win came down to the chemistry between Grant Vigen and his top target Carter Dahlke. Vigen threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.7 yards per attempt while Dahlke gained 147 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 49-6, which was the final score in Billings Senior's tilt against Glacier on Friday. The loss continues a trend for the Broncs in their matchups with the Wolfpack: they've now lost four in a row.
Gallatin pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Billings Senior, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
Gallatin took their win against Billings Senior in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 51-28. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Billings Senior's Maclain Burckley, who picked up 91 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Gallatin to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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